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🛡️ CVE-2023-4454 — wallabag

🟡 CVSS 5.7 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-352 NVD
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Description

Wallabag user can reset data unintentionally

# Description

wallabag was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) which allows attackers to arbitrarily reset annotations, entries and tags, by the GET request to /reset/annotations, /reset/entries, /reset/tags, /reset/archived.

This vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 4.3.

You should immediately patch your instance to version 2.6.3 or higher if you have more than one user and/or having open registration.

# Resolution

These actions are now doable only via POST method, which ensures that we can't do them via a 3rd-party website.

# Credits

We would like to thank @zpbrent for reporting this issue through huntr.dev.

Reference: https://huntr.dev/bounties/4ee0ef74-e4d4-46e7-a05c-076bce522299/

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-4454 is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). A state-changing request is accepted without proof it was intended, so another site can trigger it using the victim's session.

Affected software

CVE-2023-4454 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • wallabag (fixed in 2.6.3)
  • wallabag/wallabag (from 2.0.0-alpha.1 up to 2.6.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 August 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
huntr.dev
github.com
huntr.dev

Other advisories for this package

wallabag has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.7
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-352
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-08-21
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
wallabag — 2.6.3
wallabag/wallabag 2.0.0-alpha.1 2.6.3

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